Kindness Day UK on 13 November every year, is a humanitarian, non-monetary organisation with the sole purpose of making kindness a greater part of everybody’s day to day life. Kindness Day UK is affiliated with the World Kindness Movement

World Kindness Movement

The World Kindness Movementis a coalition of various kindness movements around the world. The movement was initially conceptualized in 1997 with the aim of bringing like minded kindness movements across the globe together, The current members of the movement are 20 kindness organisations with...

 which is a coalition of like minded organisations containing 22 member nations.

History

Founded by humanitarian, children’s charity founder and secret millionaire

Secret Millionaire

The Secret Millionaire is a reality television show which originated in the UK, in which millionaires go incognito into impoverished communities and agree to give away tens of thousands of pounds . Members of the community are told the cameras are present to film a documentary...

 star David Jamilly

David Jamilly

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 and activist and humanitarian Louise Burfitt-Dons

Louise Burfitt-Dons

Louise Olivian Burfitt-Dons is an English writer, humanitarian and global warming campaigner who is best known for her anti-bullying activism as the founder of the charity Act Against Bullying....

, Kindness Day UK was launched in June 2010. The founders said they recognised the need to establish a new set of values to help counter the global economic crisis and the issues related to sustainability and consumerism.

Mission

Kindness Day UK and World Kindness Day are on 13 November every year. On this date Kindness Day UK’s mission is to make everyone in the UK carry out an act of kindness and take a small ‘pause for kindness’ to value its importance. As an overall mission, Kindness Day UK aims to make kindness to people, animals and the environment a bigger part of day to day life in the UK.

World Kindness Day

The date decreed for World Kindness Day is 13 November. This was the opening day of the first World Kindness Movement conference held at Tokyo in 1998, and the 35th anniversary of the Small Kindness Movement of Japan

Presence in Popular Culture

Kindness Day has received a great amount of support from celebrities, enterprise, politicians and religious leaders. Supporters include Dame Barbara Stocking

Barbara Stocking

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 DBE, Chief Executive of Oxfam, The Rt HON Sir John Major

John Major

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 KG CH, Russell Brand

Russell Brand

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, Holly Willoughby

Holly Willoughby

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 and Sir Stuart Rose, Chairman of Marks and Spencer and The Rt Hon David Blunkett

David Blunkett

David Blunkett is a British Labour Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, having represented Sheffield Brightside from 1987 to 2010...

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See also

• World Kindness Day
  World Kindness Day
  World Kindness Day is 13 November. It was introduced in 1998 by the It is observed in many countries, including Canada, Japan, Australia, Nigeria and United Arab Emirates. In 2009, Singapore observed the day for the first time. Italy and India also observed the day. In the UK it is fronted by...
  
  
• Random Acts of Kindness
• Kindness
  Kindness
  Kindness is the act or the state of being kind, being marked by good and charitable behaviour, pleasant disposition, and concern for others. It is known as a virtue, and recognized as a value in many cultures and religions ....
  
  
• Random Acts of Kindness Day
  Random Acts of Kindness Day
  Random Acts of Kindness Day is the name of an unofficial holiday increasingly celebrated around the world by localities or organizations, or nationwide, in order to encourage acts of kindness. The original founder of Random Acts of Kindness Day is unknown.....